Sunday, 5 May 2013

The kernel for Pezat is a vineyard planted literally a pace outside of
the Saint Emilion Appellation; towards the river from Château Teyssier
near to Branne. Previously this large vineyard consisted of high
trellised vines planted three metres apart, the norm in Entre-des-Mers
where grapes are machine picked.

Planting down the middle of the
rows gave the same density as a vineyard in Saint Emilion. Additionally,
on the original vines, a sucker-per-vine was allowed to grow. At which
stage the original vine was cut off, almost halving the height of the
vines down to what one would expect from a hand-picked vineyard in Saint
Emilion. The vines are now pruned on the ‘double guyot’ system. The
secondary shoots are removed and the vines deleafed and bunch-thined.
The grapes are handpicked and vinified as the other wines of the Chateau; to the standard of a Saint Emilion Grand Cru.